Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach's initial response was a bit sleeveen, if he does not mind me saying so. He stated they were not as safe as they ought to have been. What does this mean? I asked the Taoiseach a simple question, whether they were safe from a clinical perspective for patients. Stating they were not as safe as they ought to have been is meaningless and does not deal with the core question. I asked the question because numerous HSE spokespersons were asked simple questions on television on whether they were safe. If one reads the transcripts of the interviews one will see everybody fudged the answer-----

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